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First, the Biloxi Shuckers bats with seven runs in four innings. Later, the sky opened with its own display.

It poured together for a 7-1 loss against the Shuckers in a game Friday night shortened to six full innings. A 30-minute thunderstorm, enough to create a few small ponds at Blue Wahoos stadium, thwarted any chance of completion.

"They (umpires) decided by the time they dump that water off the tarp, even though this field drains so good, there was a chance of more rain coming. I think this early this season, probably a good idea," said Blue Wahoos manager Pat Kelly.

He also kept a sense of humor about the situation. Wonder if it were 2-2 in the seventh?

"I'm sure we would have pushed a lot harder," he said, laughing, then added jokingly, "I think we had them right where we wanted, they were overconfident."

The rain hit in the top of the seventh after three pitches were thrown. By then, most of the capacity crowd of 5,038 had departed. The two teams will continue their five-game series Saturday night.

Biloxi, playing its first series in franchise history and part of a 55-game road trip, after relocating as the Huntsville Stars, have shown some of the Milwaukee Brewers top prospects.

For the second game in this opening series, Biloxi showed its quality starting pitching and a deep lineup. The Shuckers were retired in order in the first inning, then, used 15 batters and scored six runs the next two innings.

Through five innings, all nine batters in the lineup, including starting pitcher Tyler Wagner had reached base.

Blue Wahoos starter Daniel Wright, making his Double-A debut after a stellar 2014 season in the two Class A affiliates for the Cincinnati Reds (Dayton, Bakersfield), struggled after a quick first inning.

He did not make it out of the third inning, after allowing six runs, six hits, and four walks. The last forced a pitching change. Wright had allowed only 22 walks all last season.

"He looked like he was just off the plate," Kelly said. "He made some good pitches, but he was just off the plate. He's a command guy. He can't really get behind guys. And he was behind. I think first time out.... I am sure there was nerves involved.

"It was definitely an aberration. One, probably some nerves, and two, I thought we gave their hitters way too much credit. We were trying to make perfect pitches."

The Blue Wahoos, who finished with five hits, after getting three in a 4-0 loss Thursday, scored their first run of the season without a hit.

In the bottom of the first, Beau Amaral led off by reaching on an error. He moved over on a fielder's choice. He went to third on a passed ball. Amaral scored on Kyle Waldrop's infield grounder.

But their only lead, so far, in the series, ended when Biloxi loaded the bases with one out in the second, then No. 8 hitter Adam Wisenburger cleared the bases with his double in the left field corner.

Later in the game, the Blue Wahoos had some crowd-pleasing defensive plays. Shortstop Zach Vincej made a great diving stop and fellow Double-A rookie Juan Perez turned a difficult double play.

In the sixth, Amaral made a twisting, turning catch against a forceful wind blowing straight out to center.

"That's one thing I've been pleased with," Kelly said. "These guys compete. Once they get a little more comfortable with what they're doing, we'll be okay. I know they are going to compete all the way through the game and give us a chance."

Left fielder Sean Buckley, making his first start, had two hits for the Blue Wahoos. In the sixth, the Wahoos had two runners on with one out, but hit into a double play.

And then came the rain. It was something the players had not seen in Arizona during spring training.

"But you get a quarter-inch there and you've got flooding," Kelly said. "The first part of minor league camp, we lost a day and we couldn't play for two days, because the water just sits. It doesn't go anywhere.

"We would have been done for a month if this kind of rain fell."

Prior to the game, the Blue Wahoos had former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Keith Brown, a double cancer survivor, throw out the first pitch. Brown, 51, part of the Reds' 1990 World Series championship team, appeared in 25 major league games for the Reds.

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Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, right, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, left, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, center, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, center, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, left, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, center, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Blue Wahoos Pitcher Carlos Gonzalez, right, reads the book "Bats at the Ballgame" to a goup of children and thier parents at the Imagination Station at the Pensacola Bayfront Statium Friday afternoon April 10, 2015. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com

Pensacola Blue Wahoos first baseman Marquez Smith chases a fly ball that ends up in the crowd Thursday in a game against the Biloxi Shuckers on opening day at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Ben Twingley/btwingley@pnj.com